Seton Hall hires Felt as new AD

Bryan Felt has been hired as the athletic director at Seton Hall.

The school announced Thursday that Felt will replace Pat Lyons, who was promoted to executive vice president and chief of staff at the university.

Felt will assume his position effective Aug. 26, the school said.

“Bryan Felt is an outstanding leader and a perfect fit to become our new Director of Athletics,” Seton Hall President-Elect Dr. Joseph E. Nyre said in a statement. “No one is more prepared to build upon the success athletics has already achieved than Bryan.”

Felt had been the athletic director at nearby Saint Peter’s since September 2017.

He has been associated with Seton Hall for more than 20 years. Felt received his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at the school. After working in the television industry, he started working at the university in 2001 and was named executive director of the Pirate Blue Athletic Fund in 2004.

In September 2011, Felt joined Lyons’ senior administration, eventually overseeing the athletic department’s fundraising, tickets, communications, digital media and marketing.

“Seton Hall … has been a part of my life for over two decades, and the opportunity to lead the athletics department is a dream come true,” Felt said in a statement. “I now look forward to working with our student-athletes, coaches, staff, Pirate Blue supporters and our entire University community to continue to inspire a championship culture of success on the field, in the classroom and in life.”